ISB Hyderabad to accept CAT, GRE scores

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Kolkata, Jan 7: The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, has decided to accept Common Admission Test (CAT) and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores from candidates seeking admission to its one-year post graduate programme in management.

This will be for the first time that ISB will accept CAT and GRE scores from the academic session beginning April 2005. The institute conducts its own admission test.

Speaking to FE, VK Menon, director — admissions at ISB, said that the decision has been taken to widen the canvas in ISB’s selection process. However, the institute will accept only high CAT and GRE scores from applicants. The institute already accepts General Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) scores and the minimum score for eligibility to ISB this year has been fixed at 680.

“We will consider candidates with a high CAT score and a provisional admission offer will be made to them if found suitable,” Mr Menon said. From the forthcoming session, ISB will also raise its student intake to around 320, from 275 as of now. ISB has been gradually scaling up its students’ intake and plans to raise it to 400 in the next couple of years. The institute has a capacity to accommodate 500 students a year.

ISB currently admits students who have a minimum of two-year work experience. According to Mr Menon, the average work experience of students in the current batch is five years.